Re: [ga] Notice of Implementation Date for WHOIS National Laws Procedure

[Karl Auerbach <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 18 December 2007
>
> Today ICANN is publishing a notice of implementation of the ICANN 
> Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law. 

> The procedure describes how ICANN will respond to a situation where a 
> registrar or registry indicates (and seeks to demonstrate) that it is 
> legally prevented by local/national privacy laws or regulations from 
> complying with the provisions of its ICANN contract regarding the 
> collection, display and distribution of personal data via WHOIS.

What is amusing is that mere mortals, the people whose privacy is 
violated, have no place under this process to initiate action.

                --karl--